What was meant to be the start of a new chapter turned into a life-saving mission for two young nurses from Kerala, who revived a fellow passenger suffering a cardiac arrest just 20 minutes into their first-ever international flight to the UAE.

Abhijith Jees, 26, from Wayanad, and Ajeesh Nelson, 29, from Chengannur, were travelling on Air Arabia flight 3L128 from Kochi to Abu Dhabi to join Response Plus Medical (RPM) as registered nurses.

Barely 20 minutes after take-off, as the aircraft cruised over the Arabian Sea, Abhijith noticed a man from Thrissur slumped in his seat and gasping for air. “I checked his pulse, but there was none. I knew he was in cardiac arrest,” Abhijith recalled.

Without hesitation, he began administering CPR while alerting the cabin crew. Ajeesh immediately join

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